Master of shadows
Subtitle: the secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens
By: Mark Lamster.
Contributors: Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577-1640.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Nan A Talese/Doubleday
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780385523790
Subjects: Rubens, Peter Paul, -- Sir, -- 1577-1640; Painters -- Belgium -- Biography; Diplomats -- Belgium -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Other titles: Secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Author's note; title: Prologue; title: Ch. I. A novice without experience; title: Ch. II. Every man for himself; title: Ch. III. The prince of painters; title: Ch. IV. A good patriot; title: Ch. V. Thunder without lightning; title: Ch. VI. More useful than injurious; title: Ch. VII. The connecting knot; title: Ch. VIII. The horrors of war; title: Epilogue; title: Acknowledgments; title: Cast of characters; title: Chronology; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Illustration credits; title: Index.